CRIR-JRH Scientific Conferences – September 16, 2025 | Thiago Vidal Pereira and Saksham Gupta, Master’s students, McGill: Effects of an omnidirectional treadmill with virtual reality / Walking across realities

When: 16 September 2025 12:00 to 16 September 2025 13:00

Where: Hybrid conference :
◼️ In person: Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital, Room D 1004
Please confirm your presence: Mireia.Carrillo.cissslav@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
or
◼️ Virtual: On Zoom. Please register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/uAeRRcChRIyBgwRFaqDXlQ

Scientific conferences presented by the CRIR-Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital (JRH), CISSS de Laval as part of the HJR’S “Talking Research” Series.

Presentations by researchers or postdoctoral fellows or clinicians on the findings of their research projects.

  

 

speakers

Thiago Vidal Pereira

MSc Rehabilitation Science (Thesis) student
McGill University, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy

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Thiago Vidal Pereira is an MSc student in Rehabilitation Sciences at McGill University’s School of Physical & Occupational Therapy. His main research interests focus on the role of multisensory integration, motor behaviour, and functional outcomes in shaping recovery and performance. He is currently investigating human steering behaviour while walking and turning on an omnidirectional treadmill with virtual reality, aiming to clarify how this setup affects locomotion.

 

 

 

Conference : « Effects of an omnidirectional treadmill with virtual reality on gait and body segment reorientation during walking and turning » 

This presentation will explore how omnidirectional treadmills with virtual reality affect gait steering strategies. The study methods and research questions will be presented, followed by results on body segment reorientation onsets and amplitudes, walking speed, step length and cadence. The presentation will end with a discussion of what these results mean for gait research and rehabilitation.

 

Saksham Gupta

B.PT, MSc Rehabilitation Science (Thesis) student,
McGill University, School of Physical and Occupational therapy

Saksham Gupta is pursuing a research-based MSc in Rehabilitation Science (thesis) at McGill University. His work focuses on advancing neurorehabilitation and geriatric rehabilitation, with a particular emphasis on integrating immersive technology to enhance therapeutic outcomes. He is currently exploring human locomotion through the use of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) to improve evaluation and training methods for complex locomotor tasks.

 

Conference : « Walking across realities – Comparing overground obstacle avoidance strategies in Augmented, Virtual and Physical reality in response to a static pedestrian » 

This interactive presentation, open to all CISSS de Laval rehabilitation programs, will examine how different immersive technologies, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), impact our locomotor behaviour while avoiding obstacles, and the perceptual and technological factors behind these changes. During this presentation, participants will have the opportunity to engage.

 

 

Question and registration to attend: Mireia.Carrillo.cissslav@ssss.gouv.qc.ca